Grid operators may need to rethink transmission planning for offshore wind, panelists told the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s 2019 International Partnering Forum.

AWEA said PJM’s proposal to change how wind and solar capacity values are calculated does not account for the technologies’ performance improvements over the last decade.

The PJM MIC set up a showdown over whether the RTO can force capacity resources into energy-only status for failing to meet requirements.

PJM’s Market Implementation Committee, which approved changes to its must-offer exception rules in November, will consider 2 alternative proposals March 6.